To Live Well Is to Hide Well —

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'The Truth They Said Could Never Be Proven'

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The most lethal assassin and superspy of the 20th century!

    Read for the first time the secret life of super spy and assassin - Bronisław Urbański — and the evidence behind the death of General Władysław Sikorski.
    Author Peter Urbański grew up believing that his quiet father was just another ordinary 'dumb' Polish migrant in Adelaide. A quite / shy man, who hid from any photography. But he was tall, swift and strong.
    Then, in 1984, Bronisław Urbański was given just months to live by his Adelaide Lung Specialist, told to him very cruelly.
When he got home, he realized his time was up he revealed another life to his youngest son still at home. Now dying of C.O.P.D. after a short time before his death: He told Peter that before and during WW2 he was actually an elite Polish intelligence operative (spy), cryptologist, wireless expert, assassin, a deep-cover agent for MI6 Section D (known as the James Bond section), an assassin for Poland and England. His boss Gubbins and Wilkinson now as Poland can't protect itself as WW2 looms.
    As Bronislaw was a devout Roman Catholic and needed a form of absolution before he died - his detailed deathbed account of his life in the following months astonished Peter —as the man who sabotaged Liberator AL523 and brought down and killed his PM and General Sikorski in 1943. As one of Sikorski’s bodyguards, and that in letters from SOE Christine Granville (Krystyna Skarbek) that he was to be the inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond. In fact, the only image of James Bond by Ian was drawn directly from Bronislaw's 1950 Adelaide photo he sent to Krystyna who passed this on to Ian.
    In March 1984, Peter was 'asked to await at least 35 years' before telling the world about Bronislaw. So, counting from 1985 Peter said, 'I am not sure I will even be alive then Dad!' and waited, and he nearly did not make it. Bronislaw wanted time as the gravity of his work was incredible/breathtaking. 
    Bronislaw 'simultaneously' worked for England and for the Polish Government in Exile. He even became one of a dozen bodyguards for PM General Sikorski early in 1943 at Gibraltar.
    Never heard of him you say? History proves 'none of the guards' used their actual real names for fear of NAZI "Sippenhaft". As NAZIs control Poland if they found his name = family they would slaughter all of them, and there's a lot of Urbanski's.
    Time for waiting was nearly up, so Peter got moving and for more than a dozen years, gathered information, proving his father, photographs, documents, and technical evidence to test that extraordinary claim. Even film footage of him by PATHE photos, even Historians that already knew of him. Footage that has been verified Liverpool historian and the author himself. ** Even one of Bronislaw standing next to Sikorskis coffin in London.
    Read the book. Examine the evidence. Decide for yourself, don't comment until you do.
 

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“Yes, they can indeed prove that Bronislaw really did kill Sikorski by his unique method that caused the crash of AL523” 

    In 'Professionally published books' nothing to do with this author, many historians, experts, WW2 Air Crash Investigators, modern Aviation mechanics, Polish historians, Professors have written books upon Peter and his father. All based on the incredible original book by Peter Urbanski 'To Live Well is to Hide Well’.

    The most detailed on the Sikorski bit was by WWII air-crash investigators Chris Wroblewski and Garth Barnard who examined the British court-of-inquiry transcripts, aircraft components, systems, and eyewitness evidence over a few years. Through their own 'Canadian 2020 TRIALS' documented and filmed, studied and stunned the world.
    Their conclusion: Liberator AL523 was brought down by deliberate obstruction of the elevator controls—not pilot error, excess weight, or mechanical failure. Named Bronislaw the only person. It should be noted that their investigation identified what Bronislaw used as the object that obstructed elevator travel, producing the aircraft’s fatal 16-second dive into Gibraltar harbor.     Verifying Peter Urbanski's (downing of the plane) astonishingly correct, they then built their book upon Peters but do not mention this, only when challenged in podcasts which is interesting to note, it all started here.
 

‘To Live Well Is to Hide Well’ is the detailed start and explanation on how Bronislaw accomplished the feat of the century, and he explains just how he did it.
 

What 'To Live Well is to Hide Well' actually reveals

• Bronisław Urbański’s hidden wartime career using many pseudonyms, and 4 x false names. He was the “King Assassin” and “White Ghost” even filmed with MI6 partner Teddy and a Cichociemni, captured September 1939.

• His work with Polish intelligence, MI6 'Section D', & SOE-linked operations, directed by SOE Christina Granville aka PM Winston Churchill's favorite spy and yes, she is the model for Ian Fleming's - Vesper Lynd. Also, he was with the Allied forces later with OSS (which became the CIA in 1947) (Ref: Egerton, PATHE videos, photos and Bronislaw's docs.

• His role in Polish cryptology and wireless-radio work before and during WWII as he enters the Polish German-counterintelligence department in 1930 and working with the ENIGMA (commercial ver) with his teacher Maxymillian Cieszki and his classmates Marian Rejewski etc in the A.V.A. Radio Co. Warsaw.

• The newly presented photograph the author identifies as showing Bronisław beside General Sikorski’s body in 1943 in formation as one of his ELITE BODYGUARD'S is stunning the world. For his real name was never known.

• The ‘unique and secret’ signal said to have triggered the Gibraltar operation played over the Gibraltar airways (speakers) in front of everyone. 

• The sabotage method independently examined by modern WWII air-crash investigators

• The renewed Polish investigation into Sikorski’s death as an assassination by sabotage. New Case number via Chief Prosecutor of IPN. See new investigation information. Major media companies can request IPN Case number and the Australian ICCCA case number for this investigation.
   

    This is not simply a war story. It is the story of a son confronting an extraordinary inheritance—and deciding whether the truth should remain hidden. Against ridicule he had to tell the truth, even if it meant outing his father as a assassin. He was asked to.
 

Independent scrutiny via experts not the public has acclaimed this very author

Peter’s research has been examined and supported by historians, scholars, and WWII crash investigators, including:

• Garth Barnard — WWII air-crash investigator and co-author of ‘Sabotage!’

• Chris Wroblewski — co-author of ‘Sabotage!’, which concludes that elevator-control obstruction was the sole cause of the crash.

• Professor Norman Davies — British-Polish historian, whose work ‘Plus Ultra’ includes Peter’s historical conclusions.

• Professor Peter Zablocki — historian and author of ‘The Death of General Sikorski’.

• Stewart Egerton — historical researcher who interviewed Bronisław’s wartime partner “Teddy.”

• Simon Wiesenthal (Historical Encounter) ─ The legendary Nazi hunter personally met a young Peter Urbański at Port Adelaide in 1967. Wiesenthal openly recognized the formidable and terrifying shadow cast by Bronisław—knowing him not merely as a hunter, but as an unmatched wartime killer. Whilst he promoted his book “The Murderers Amongst us”.

• Zbigniew Szubanski (Clive): A.K. UNIT 993/W "Revenge Co." Leader and boss of Bronislaw. Author spoke to him and Zbigniew said he was his best assassin to this very author at Bronislaw's place in Ottoway, South Australia.

• Stewart Egerton, historical researcher of WW2, Interviewed Bronislaw Urbanski's partner 'Teddy' an Cichociemni and MI6 Agent during WW2 in the early 1980s. Studied History (college major) & Historical Research at University of Liverpool (England) Graduated 1996.

Note: it’s NOT THE PUBLIC THAT HAS ACCLAIMED THE AUTHOR BUT HISTORIANS, EXPERTS, WW2 CRASH INVESTIGATORS, PROFESSORS and EVEN THE POLISH GOVERNMENT (IPN – Chief Prosecutor of the original investigations into the crash of Sikorski) by reopening and reinvestigating quietly with the author and Australian Government through an MLA and Australian Federal Police. Formal Case number was issued, and Australian ICCCA Case number was issued.
 

Investigation update!

     The evidence in ‘To Live Well Is to Hide Well’ is now part of an active official process.

• 2 July 2025: The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) opened a new investigation, yes, a new case number into the 1943 death of General Sikorski was issued and the case is written now as 'a suspected assassination by sabotage' investigation.

• March 2026: Under a Poland–Australia mutual legal assistance request MLA, the Australian Federal Police AFP interviewed Peter in Adelaide and collected evidence for transfer to Polish authorities. After AFP investigate the author's statements and evidence, test and evaluate the accuracy.

• 25 August 2026: AFP formally accepts that Peter reports that evidence, sworn responses, books, and supporting materials were truthful and research formed that he is by the evidence presented telling a truthful and accurate story. The Australian Federal Police and Court passed the court approved and counter signed affadavit and materials to the Republic of Poland for consideration by the IPN Chief Prosecutor.
   

“The IPN’s earlier inquiry closed in 2013, stating that deliberate tampering could be neither confirmed nor ruled out. The new investigation provides the formal avenue for the evidence to be assessed. “ The very same IPN Chief Investigator is the one that has REOPENED THIS CASE. Just kept quiet that's all.

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How the Process Works (a public explanation of this investigation)

    (Reopening of the General Sikorski 'mysterious death' - Case as investigation as now "death by assassination via sabotage")

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Case Reference Number (issued)

    When a foreign government issues an MLA request — in this instance from the appointed IPN Prosecutor — the Australian Attorney‑General’s Department registers it under a specific ICCCA case/file number.

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Execution by Law Enforcement

    Once Canberra assesses and approves the MLA request under that case number, the AFP is authorised to execute it locally. This includes:

• conducting formal recorded interviews

• taking sworn statements

• receiving physical and documentary evidence

• filming responses to interrogatory questions
   

AFP Special Task Group

    A designated skilled in historical events / investigators of the AFP group reviewed all evidence, including the filmed interrogation responses to approximately 30 plus IPN questions. After three months of investigation, the Attorney‑General and ICCCA accepted this evidence from the author Peter Urbanski as credible and formally transmitted the complete package to the ROP / IPN Chief Prosecutor (Poland).

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Republic of Poland (ROP) – Next Steps

    The ROP now determines the next phase:

• change the historical record based upon the newly presented evidence that they now understand.

• The ROP could attempt to ignore the evidence for political or reputational convenience. Such a decision would conflict with the principles of responsible governance, as it would amount to withholding or distorting the truth now available.

 

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​📍 Proudly Preserved & Documented Globally:
Peter's historical works are permanently cataloged for public research and reading in the State Library of South Australia (SLSA), the Onkaparinga Library network (6 branches), and the Marion Library networks.
Simply search 'Peter Urbanski' on your local library network portal to borrow.

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​​Honor the Legacy

Peter Urbański is committed to sharing his father's final truth while health and time permit.

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